Dec 4, 2009  The facility with which some evolutionary biologists appeal to almost magical powers of evolution to explain anything and everything is revealed in some recent science articles. Whatever needs explaining is due to evolution  evidence or not. These four examples can be considered representative of the genre...

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It is good to expose evo-silliness, just as it is good to expose the silliness that would have us believe that humans are driving climate change. And while both are laughable, both are also dangerous to science, not to mention our freedom.

It is good to expose evo-silliness, just as it is good to expose the silliness that would have us believe that humans are driving climate change. And while both are laughable, both are also dangerous to science, not to mention our freedom.

One has nothing to do with the other. Your attempt to link them is yet another example of your desperation.

Women's shopping tendencies at a mall -- yeah, that is what passes for "hard science" in your clique.

Okay... coming from GGG talking about magical powers, who cites from a book that is stuffed with tales of magic, spirits, 900 year old men, talking serpents and chariots of fire zooming about the skies. Yeah...

Coolio! It wasn’t me, I’m signed up over there, but I never learned how to Twitter. I’m also signed up over at Digg, but I stopped posting after the election and forgot my password. Nothing comes close to FR! But it’s nice to see our stuff is breaking out to the mainstream :o)

I am talking about past evolution silly. You know, human beings. That is not like gravity and light. Past evolution can never be a scientific fact. It is a brilliant theory, that's it.

Well, since you misuse the terms "theory" and "scientific fact" and don't understand why and how TToE is exactly like TToG (in fact the former is very much advanced pver the latter), I need to take you as I find you.

Check this out Godsguns. Usually I get ripped on your posts for going after Creationists like you. Now I got this evolutionist jumping on me.

No, it’s not you. Best I can tell JR has the freerepublic twitter page. I believe it’s at least sanctioned if not official.

I’ve noticed links coming up but I don’t know if they are all coming up over there or if it’s just certain ones... It doesn’t seem to be as many as come in even if you just count the News/Activism section.

Cause for speculation...

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posted on 12/06/2009 7:49:38 PM PST
by Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - I have a theory about how Darwin evolved... more soon.)

You have CREATED a gravity field? Wow! How did you do that? What was the underlying force you harnessed to do so? Why haven't you published? Where is the anti-grav field machine?

I said the THEORY of Gravity, not the phenomenon. We have billions of data points that are the observable phenomenon of TToE. And we have seen evolution happen in front of our very eyes (or do you think virus adaptation is just an interesting "thing" that doesn't tie into anything?)

Unless you have a cat-lizard in your pocket, evolution is more like cryptozoology or perpetual motion machines.

Again, you tell the world you have no idea what a Scientific Theory is. I suggest you hie thee to a University and learn a little about science before making thineself look more uneducated than thou hast done so.

You want to know my criticism of creationism ? You think historical evolution is a scientific fact? You can prove it?

1) There is no such thing as a "scientific fact." That is a concept invented by lay people so they can feel good about what they think they know.

2) You see Evolution in action every day. You and your siblings look like your parents, but a little different. Viruses and bacteria create resistance to antibiotics and other treatments. Flies from a common source cannot breed with the "source" species after a short time living in subways.

3) The fossil record is pretty comprehensive. Unless and until there is alternative SCIENTIFIC explanation for the tens of billions of fossils then there is no alternative to TToE.

Yes -- in this case science defeated philosophy. Hopefully soon, science will also defeat philosophy in the AGW world.

That is why the AGW "scandal" is great -- it is scientists (and lay people like you) asking the AGW proponents for SCIENTIFIC proof of their lies. And the AGW folk are like the creationists -- they got nothing.

OK, professor, perhaps you could explain how previous cladograms would have an effect on the present-day hopeful monsters predicted by the Macromutation Hypothesis, such as a cat’s fur evolving into scales or a lizard developing mammary glands and cutey-paws?

Maybe we could break with the fighting for a little time out... (Any evolutionists who read this, could you please resist the urge to be annoying and concentrate on fighting our supposed common enemy for a few minutes? It would be ever so refreshing).

Something funny going on over at twitter is predictions for 2010. A poster named andilinks is pretty good... here’s a couple she did:

In 2010 some aspiring reality show star will do something so outrageous that the MSM will devote a whole week’s programming to it 24/7.

In 2010 Timothy Geithner will be caught in the main vault at the fed covered with honey and million dollar Treasury Notes.

Here’s some of mine...

In 2010 John McCain will become a conservative again... for about 20 minutes.

In 2010 A new surgical technique will be invented allowing Joe Biden to have a brain transplant, finally making him smarter than his hair.

In 2010 The same surgeons who operated on Biden will permanently transplant tiny teleprompters on the inside of Obama’s eyelids.

In 2010 Nancy Pelosi will be visited by Satan, who will then try to negotiate with her to get his soul back.

In 2010 Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal will become the darlings of CNN... (Sorry, wrong list)!

Anybody else care to take a shot at it?

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posted on 12/06/2009 8:56:12 PM PST
by Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - I have a theory about how Darwin evolved... more soon.)

Stand back and finish your drinks folks, I think I have it all worked out.

People go to shopping malls to regain that missing sense of community and tribal fellowship that had as Hunter/Gatherers. And to overcome the flat feet they developed while turning rocks over for bugs. Evolution.

People outlive chimps and apes so the chimps and apes won't be heart broken at the passing of their keepers at zoos. This came about when the chimps stood up to look out over the Savannah grasses, discovered they were too short and decided when they were humans they would invent fire and lawn mowers. Evolution.

What was the other one? Yes, flowering plants. Flowering plants gained an advantage because australopithikins had big nasal cavities and flowers are always the way to an Ardi’s heart. That and small teeth. So apes evolved color vision and flower shops and the rest is mystery. Evolution.

Well, there you are. No birds. Can't stand birds after finding out Jack Horner wants to change'em into lizards or something. Cheers!

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posted on 12/06/2009 8:59:32 PM PST
by count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)

OK, Gilligan. Show me where, other than some pseudo-scientific creationist site that makes such predictions and what, specifically within any accepted morphological matrix, defines the types of changes you say are predicted.

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